Comparison

Shapes at Play vs Catch Together

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Shapes at Play

Engage with interactive shapes to create and move various vehicles like cars, boats, and trains. This intuitive game is designed for young children and encourages creative thinking and shared play experiences.

Highlights
  • Interactive shape manipulation
  • Create and move vehicles
  • Multiple vehicle types
  • Intuitive gameplay
  • Designed for shared play
  • Encourages creative thinking
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Help move shapes across the screen with your finger and soon you’ll find yourself making and playing with different types of vehicle, including a car, a boat, a cable car, a hot air balloon and – toot toot! – a train! Just tap the vehicles to make them move and send them on their way – over mountain peaks, across the sea or into the cloudy sky! BOLOGNARAGAZZI DIGITAL AWARD 2015 - Special mention. "For the creative design and ability to stimulate out-of-the-box thinking: a circle can be a wheel, a cloud or a button ... Intuitive and fun, extremely suitable for young children." --- THIS IS A MINIBOMBO APP! • It's simple and intuitive One single gameplay and no navigation menu for maximum accessibility. • It takes the right amount of time A short game sequence full of surprises, suitable for the young users it was designed for. • It's much more fun if played together Designed for sharing so that parents can play with even the youngest of children. --- WHO IS MINIBOMBO? Minibombo is an Italian publishing house dedicated to little children and the grown-ups who read along with them.

About

Catch Together

Experience the first multiplayer "Help & Catch" game. Compete against friends or join strangers in this unique game that brings a childhood memory to life.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer support
  • Play against friends
  • Join strangers
  • Childhood game reimagined
Features
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"Help & Catch" is no longer a childhood memory. The world's first "Help & Catch" Game that support multiple player, no matter play against friends, or join to play with strangers!

Screenshots

Shapes at Play4 screens
Catch Together4 screens

Verdict

The call

Shapes at Play and Catch Together both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Catch Together's written reviews are positive against 50% of Shapes at Play's. Catch Together also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 13 months). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Catch Together is free to download; Shapes at Play costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Shapes at Play against 5.0 for Catch Together. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Shapes at Play's written reviews are positive against 100% of Catch Together's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Shapes at Play ships an update every 13 months, Catch Together weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Shapes at Play versus Catch Together: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShapes at PlayCatch Together
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTIWI s.r.lYSD HK LIMITED

Customer experience

Shapes at Play

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Catch Together

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Shapes at Play

No in-app purchases

None

Catch Together

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shapes at Play free?
Shapes at Play costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Catch Together free?
Catch Together is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Shapes at Play or Catch Together?
Shapes at Play and Catch Together are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Shapes at Play or Catch Together have ads?
Neither Shapes at Play nor Catch Together shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Shapes at Play or Catch Together?
Shapes at Play ships an update every 13 months, and Catch Together weekly. Most recently, Shapes at Play was updated on October 24, 2026 and Catch Together on October 25, 2026.

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